dWord of the Day 4.29.08
gran·dil·o·quence (gr
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n.
Pompous or bombastic speech or expression.
Adj. |
1. |
grandiloquent – lofty in style; “he engages in so much tall talk, one never really realizes what he is saying”rhetorical – given to rhetoric, emphasizing style at the expense of thought; “mere rhetorical frippery” |
2. |
grandiloquent – puffed up with vanity; “a grandiloquent and boastful manner”; “overblown oratory”; “a pompous speech”; “pseudo-scientific gobbledygook and pontifical hooey”- Newsweekpretentious – making claim to or creating an appearance of (often undeserved) importance or distinction; “a pretentious country house”; “a pretentious fraud”; “a pretentious scholarly edition” |